The homestead act of 1862 mainly affected
a) wounded soldiers from the civil war
b) the sanitary fairs of the ussc
c) the westward settlement of farmers
d) runaway inflation in the south

The Homestead Act of 1862 mainly affected c) the westward settlement of farmers. The Homestead Acts are defined as "several United States federal laws that gave an applicant ownership of land, typically called a "homestead", at little or no cost."